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Free draughts books

A growing collection of free draughts books and courses in many languages, shared courtesy of the FMJD and their authors.

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Chippy's Draughts: learn international draughts, free

A friendly app that takes children from their very first move to real game play: 40 story chapters, five new puzzles every day and computer opponents that grow with the child. Five languages, no ads, no account.

Course in draughts

Probably the most popular free draughts book.
Written by Tjalling Goedemoed.
Translated into 12 languages

The Art Of Winning

Another draughts book written by Tjalling Goedemoed.
Translated into English and Spanish.

The magic of draughts

Draughts learning project developed by Dutch draughts federation in 1997-2001 and still being used for the training of young players.
Contains 6 parts.
Translated into French and partially into English.

To improve your level

The serie of books intended to large audience from beginner to experts.
Written by Jean-Pierre Dubois.
Contains 11 parts. Translated to French and English.

Tactical & Strategic Foundations

Series of books on International draughts (French and Russian).

Books by Jake Kacher

Collection of books for draughts on 64 fields.
Mainly foor Pool checkers players. But also good for other types (Russian / Brazilian )

Books by Alexander Loureiro

Collection of books for draughts on 64 fields (Brazilian version).

Books by Christiaan Piens

Series of books on International draughts (in Dutch).

Book for beginners

Rules and the basics of the game.
Written by Jean-Pierre Dubois in French.
Translated to Dutch and Russian.